Chobani Yogurt & Tips and Tricks for Keeping Food Fresh

For all you yogurt lovers out there, this one's for you.

Recently, Chobani recalled some of it's Greek yogurt cups after receiving numerous calls that their customers were getting sick. The reason? Mold.

Retailers and customers were reporting their cups were "swelling and bloating," and the yogurt tasted "fizzy or wine-like."

Chobani CEO Hamid Ulukaya said the company is very upset by the outbreak of mold. However, the issue has been "totally fixed" and was caused by the company's refusal to use preservatives in their products.

Even though most of the affected products have been pulled from shelves and were mostly found in New York, it's a good idea to be on the look out. The containers marked with the code 16-012, with expiration dates September 11 to October 7 are the affected cups.

Luckily, the number of customers getting sick wasn't as high as it could've been. Chobani did the right thing by admitting there was a mistake somewhere in production and decided to remove their products from store shelves (without the FDA stepping in).

To avoid problems like this, below are some tips and tricks for keeping your food fresh and your family safe.

1) Worried whether your eggs are fresh or not? Just put them in a large bowl of water. Fresh eggs sink; bad ones float.
2) Have sparkling wine or champagne that's become flat? Just add a raisin or two to the bottle, and see the bubbles return.
3) Limp celery or carrots? Restore their crunch by putting them in iced water with a slice of raw potato.
4) Bananas will spoil less quickly when stored in a bunch - don't break one off until you want to eat it.
5) Clumpy salt that won't come out of the shaker? Add rice to your salt shaker. It will absorb any excess moisture the salt may come in contact with.
6) Make sour cream, yogurt and cottage cheese last longer by placing their tubs upside down in the fridge. Inverting them creates a vacuum that inhibits the growth of bacteria which causes them to go bad.
7) Cheese spoiling too quick? Freeze it! When you decide to use it, just pull it out a day in advance and let it defrost in the fridge.
8) Hard brown sugar? Keep it in the freezer. If it is already hard, seal it in a plastic bag with a slice of bread or an apple - OR - place it in the microwave on high for 30 seconds.


Try those tips and tricks out! Country Living swears by them!